Collection

What to cook for dinner

Seventy dinners with a price per serving and cooking time: chicken, meat, fish, quick ones under 20 minutes, meat-free, for children and on a budget. Six ready weeks of dinners.

70recipes
$1.00–$5.19per portion
15 min – 1 h 30 minto cook
312–963kcal per portion

Plan a week from this collection

Seventy dinners, each with a price per serving and time from stove to plate. Twelve with chicken: thighs with potatoes, cutlets with mash, teriyaki, wok noodles, breast with mushrooms in cream. Twelve with meat and mince: meat baked under cheese, beef stroganoff, buckwheat with mince, cabbage rolls, lasagna, a burger. Ten with fish: pollock with vegetables, mackerel with lemon, cod with potatoes, shrimp pasta. Ten quick ones under 20 minutes: tomato pasta, egg fried rice, lavash pizza, quesadilla. Ten meat-free, eight for children and eight on a budget.

The quickest are hot sandwiches, vareniki and eggs with sausages, 15 minutes. The cheapest are potato pancakes, zucchini fritters and liver pancakes; the priciest are salmon and shrimp. Below are six ready weeks of dinners: seven dishes from Monday to Sunday, the total per person for the week and the total time at the stove.

Ready menus

Lunch 1

Lasagna with Ground Beef Lunch1 h 10 min946 kcal≈ $3.35

Dinner 69

Garlic & Paprika Roast Chicken with Potatoes Dinner1 h 30 min663 kcal≈ $1.58

Oven-baked chicken thighs with potatoes Dinner1 h643 kcal≈ $1.39

Chicken Cutlets with Mashed Potatoes Dinner40 min702 kcal≈ $2.07

Chicken Thighs in Honey-Mustard Sauce Dinner50 min571 kcal≈ $1.70

Teriyaki Chicken with Rice Dinner25 min693 kcal≈ $1.13

Chicken Stir-Fry Noodles Dinner25 min646 kcal≈ $2.50

Chicken Cutlets with Cheese and Fresh Salad Dinner20 min553 kcal≈ $3.32

Creamy Chicken Pasta with Mushrooms Dinner25 min711 kcal≈ $2.50

Whole roasted chicken with potatoes Dinner1 h 30 min961 kcal≈ $2.14

Chicken Breast with Mushrooms, Cream, and Pasta Dinner20 min672 kcal≈ $3.07

Chicken with Vegetables in Soy Sauce Dinner25 min582 kcal≈ $2.46

Homemade Chicken Shawarma Dinner25 min648 kcal≈ $2.40

French-Style Pork Cutlets Dinner1 h567 kcal≈ $2.34

Beef Stroganoff with Mash Dinner45 min804 kcal≈ $3.87

Merchant-Style Buckwheat with Ground Beef Dinner20 min737 kcal≈ $3.03

Pork Chops with Buckwheat and Cucumber-Tomato Salad Dinner30 min578 kcal≈ $2.60

Pork with Mushrooms in Sour Cream Sauce with Boiled Potatoes Dinner40 min618 kcal≈ $3.10

Bell Peppers Stuffed with Meat and Rice Dinner1 h659 kcal≈ $3.37

Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Dinner1 h 30 min746 kcal≈ $2.93

Homemade burger on a whole-grain bun Dinner25 min817 kcal≈ $3.79

Pork Medallions in Creamy Sauce with Pasta Dinner20 min690 kcal≈ $2.60

Pork Tenderloin in Dijon Mustard Dinner35 min404 kcal≈ $3.10

Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce with Bulgur Dinner45 min584 kcal≈ $2.58

Pollock baked with vegetables Dinner35 min312 kcal≈ $2.42

Mackerel baked with lemon Dinner35 min718 kcal≈ $3.75

Pan-Fried Hake with Mashed Potatoes Dinner35 min644 kcal≈ $2.70

Pollock Fish Sticks with Potatoes Dinner20 min593 kcal≈ $2.22

Cod baked with potatoes and sour cream Dinner45 min505 kcal≈ $3.75

Pollock stewed in tomato with carrot and onion Dinner35 min551 kcal≈ $2.16

Salmon with Rice and Broccoli Dinner30 min713 kcal≈ $4.83

Garlic Shrimp Pasta Dinner20 min628 kcal≈ $3.20

Cod with Cherry Tomatoes, Garlic, and Couscous Dinner18 min526 kcal≈ $5.19

Baked pink salmon croquettes Dinner35 min378 kcal≈ $3.49

Pasta with Tomatoes, Basil, and Parmesan Dinner18 min502 kcal≈ $2.97

Egg Fried Rice with Peas and Vegetables Dinner18 min571 kcal≈ $1.31

Skillet Lavash with Cheese and Herbs Dinner20 min599 kcal≈ $3.29

Ham, Tomato and Cheese Omelette with a Green Salad Dinner15 min516 kcal≈ $1.94

Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches Dinner15 min618 kcal≈ $2.35

Quick Lavash Pizza Dinner15 min520 kcal≈ $2.67

Potato dumplings with fried onions Dinner15 min653 kcal≈ $2.29

Fried Eggs with Sausages, Tomato, and Rye Bread Dinner15 min631 kcal≈ $2.61

Chicken and Cheese Quesadilla Dinner20 min661 kcal≈ $2.94

Cheese, Vegetable, and Toast Omelet Dinner18 min604 kcal≈ $2.90

Potato pancakes with sour cream (draniki) Dinner30 min548 kcal≈ $1.00

Zucchini Fritters with Sour Cream Dinner20 min419 kcal≈ $1.48

Eggplants Baked with Tomatoes and Cheese Dinner40 min431 kcal≈ $2.47

Vegetable stew with beans Dinner35 min381 kcal≈ $2.34

Shakshuka with Bread Dinner25 min461 kcal≈ $2.05

Spaghetti with Garlic, Olive Oil, and Parmesan Dinner18 min558 kcal≈ $1.18

Cheesy Cauliflower Bake Dinner35 min461 kcal≈ $2.15

Lazy Zucchini Lasagna Dinner50 min685 kcal≈ $4.27

Lazy Cottage Cheese Dumplings Dinner25 min725 kcal≈ $2.44

Tofu with Vegetables and Rice Noodles Dinner20 min555 kcal≈ $2.74

Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets Dinner35 min344 kcal≈ $1.18

Pollock in Batter with Quick Mashed Potatoes Dinner20 min656 kcal≈ $2.41

Cheesy Chicken and Potato Bake Dinner1 h776 kcal≈ $2.08

Lavash Rolls with Chicken and Cheese, Baked in the Oven Dinner35 min712 kcal≈ $3.16

Baked chicken thighs with pumpkin Dinner45 min476 kcal≈ $1.47

Cauliflower and Chicken Casserole Dinner40 min489 kcal≈ $2.79

Pangasius in breadcrumbs with mashed potatoes Dinner25 min784 kcal≈ $2.31

Lavash Lasagna Dinner1 h963 kcal≈ $4.04

Sausages with Braised Sauerkraut Dinner40 min468 kcal≈ $2.26

Liver Fritters with Buckwheat Dinner30 min720 kcal≈ $1.51

Chicken Liver with Onions in Sour Cream and Buckwheat Dinner20 min683 kcal≈ $1.71

Barbecue Chicken Drumsticks with Potatoes Dinner1 h832 kcal≈ $1.18

Herring with Boiled Potatoes and Onions Dinner25 min606 kcal≈ $2.85

Cabbage Chicken Cutlets Dinner40 min452 kcal≈ $1.59

Russian Meat-Stuffed Blini Dinner1 h658 kcal≈ $1.72

Cabbage Steaks with Chicken Dinner40 min347 kcal≈ $2.30

How to use it

“Plan a week from this collection” puts these dishes on dinners; Racion fills in breakfasts and lunches and puts everything into one shopping list with prices. Answer the seven quiz questions and the planner takes your budget, kitchen equipment and dislikes into account.

The ready weeks below are simply seven dinners in a row without repeating ingredients on consecutive days: chicken does not come two evenings running, fish sits closer to the weekend. “Per person” here means the whole week of dinners, and the time is the sum of seven evenings.

Plan a week from this collection

Questions

What can I cook for dinner quickly?

Pasta with tomatoes and basil, egg fried rice, chicken cutlets with cheese, homemade pollock fish sticks, quesadilla, pork medallions in cream. Each takes 15–20 minutes, chopping included; the menu “A week in 20 minutes” lines them up for seven days.

What to cook for dinner with chicken?

Thighs with potatoes in the oven, cutlets with mash, teriyaki with rice, wok noodles, breast with mushrooms in cream, homemade shawarma, a whole roast chicken with potatoes. Twelve chicken dinners are in the collection, seven of them make up the chicken week.

What to cook for dinner with mince?

Buckwheat with mince, turkey meatballs in tomato sauce, cabbage rolls, stuffed peppers, lasagna and a homemade burger. Buckwheat with mince takes 20 minutes; cabbage rolls take an hour and a half but are easy to make for two days.

What to cook for dinner on a budget?

Potato pancakes, zucchini fritters, liver pancakes with buckwheat, chicken liver with onions, sausages with stewed cabbage, herring with potatoes, drumsticks in barbecue sauce. The budget week above shows the total for seven dinners per person.

What to cook for dinner without meat?

Shakshuka, eggplant with tomatoes and cheese, vegetable ragout with beans, spaghetti with garlic and parmesan, cauliflower bake, lazy zucchini lasagna, lazy vareniki, tofu with vegetables. The protein comes from eggs, cheese, beans and tofu.

What to cook for dinner for a child?

Oven chicken nuggets, battered pollock with mash, cutlets with mash, potato and chicken bake, lavash rolls with chicken and cheese, lavash pizza, breaded pangasius, lavash lasagna. All of these carry the “for children” mark in Racion, and the planner picks them for families with kids.